Our Team

Bringing out the best in each other!

The company was founded by a team of professionals with backgrounds in different technology industries having developed their careers at top level positions within technology, management and business development in different companies. Sensing Tex is committed to provide high value advice and cutting-edge products to the customers, assisting them throughout the process of creating successful final solutions.

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Miguel Ridao

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Ridao founded the company and became Chief Executive Officer in 2010. He served as the co-founder of three companies in the field of engineering and technology. Holding over seventeen years of experience in the business of textile and electronic technology, Mr. Ridao is an inventor, holds some patents, has lectured worldwide, published several articles, and has won several awards at both technology and business level. On top of Mr. Ridao’s achievement of receiving many high degrees Pre-PhD (UPC, Barcelona Spain 2006); Master Physics (UB, Barcelona Spain 2003); Master Textile Engineering (FH Reutlingen Germany 1999); (UPC, Barcelona Spain 1998), he has acquired academic training completed specifically within the field of entrepreneurship, leadership, and management. This training was done at the business schools of IESE Business School (Learning to Grow Executive Program) and La Salle Business School (Start Up Catalonia Program)

LUIS GOMEZ

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Gomez founded the company and was appointed the Chief Technical Officer in 2010. He holds Bachelor Degrees in Textile Science and Computer Science. He joined the R&D Department of ENTEC in 2007, where he participated in various R&D projects in the textile sector. In 2005, Mr. Gomez served as CTO to Punto Roma Group, a company dedicated to production tracking. Before serving as CTO, Mr. Gomez joined the Department of Programming and Technical Assistance; he created and directed the department of training and development of new products based on a new Knitted Seamless Technology. He remained in the company for five years starting his professional career in 2000.

JAVIER GIL

Chief Commercial Officer

Mr. Gil holds a BEng in Telecoms (UPC) and Executive MBA (EAE Business School). He has developed his more than 20 years of professional career in the telecoms and Internet fields carrying out different responsabilities within marketing, sales and business development strategy areas in Spanish telecom carriers like Retevision, Ono or Vodafone and have been Chairman at Espanix as well as Board Member for more than 12 years. Recently he led the Internet video company Shooowit as a Managing Director and has also been Country Managing Director for Spain at the mobile virtual network operator Lebara. Javier is founder of the marketing agency K de Marketing, Advisor at 4BM and Board Member at Shooowit.

JOSE BLASCO

Board Member and Attorney Advisor

Mr..Blasco is the Secretary of the Board. He has a degree in law; completed by academic training which he has taken with various courses and masters from the UOC, UB and ESADE. Mr. Blasco is an expert in commercial law and his professional experience is extensive. Since 1991 he worked at Starlux S.A., Spain Nestlé, S.A. Osborne Clarke and Europe, among others, since 1999 is Shareholder and Member on Board of Castejón and Blasco that merged with NET CRAMAN in 2014.

FRANCISCO RIVAS

Director of Textiles

Mr. Rivas holds a Bachelor Science of Textiles by UPC (1996). Mr. .Rivas spent over the last 21 years of his professional career involved in manufacturing and production of all kind of products within the textile industry. He has received parallel training in Project Management, Quality Control and Production Methods. Actually he is Director of Textiles in Sensing Tex developing and in charge of production of Sensing Mats Design, simulation, production and assembly processes.

JOSÉ ABEL

Board Member

Mr. Abel is a member of the board. He holds Bachelor of Economic Sciences by UAB and MBA by IESE. His professional experience is focused on corporate strategy and corporate finance. For more than 25 years he was president and CEO of the textile group (TIPSA), currently he is founder, partner and administrator of Urbidermis.SL and Corporate Director of Intramundana. S.A. At the same time, he is a counselor and mentor in different companies.

ELKIN DÍAZ

Director of Research & Development

Mr. Diaz is an Electronics Engineer with high level of expertise in circuit design from different abstraction levels, going from high level complex circuits down to electronic component design. Elkin studied the Engineering in the Universidad de los Andes Colombia (2007), he holds Msc on Nano and Microelectronics by UAB of Barcelona (2010) and he holds PhD in Microelectronics and Microelectronic Systems by UAB of Barcelona (2013). His PhD research was focused in the characterization of inkjet printed microelectronic circuits. He participated in the CI-Brazil Program (2008), in the Analog and Mixed Signal Integrated Circuit design course. Actually, he is Research and Development Director in Sensing Tex, modeling of Pressure Sensing for the Mat Platform and developing the hardware and firmware for the data acquisition systems of Sensing Mats. His research interest are related with Printed Electronics and Microelectronics circuit design.